Painfully, gaspingly the other answered this in kind.
"Ashton-Kirk, Investigator"
John T. McIntyre
The last came gaspingly, and showed the real state of Ethie's feelings.
"Ethelyn's Mistake"
Mary Jane Holmes
But when there came a half sobbing cry of actual pain, she stopped suddenly and turned towards Lucy, whose breath came gaspingly, and whose cheeks were almost purple with the exertion she had made.
"The Rector of St. Mark's"
Mary J. Holmes